No child should be taken into foster care because their family is in a crisis of poverty.
Monthly support helps us respond fast when a family is facing a crisis of poverty, so children can stay safely home.
Over 50% of children in foster care could be home if their families had support to address a crisis of poverty—housing, healthcare, childcare, and food
Hear from families directly in our short documentary—grab a tissue and click below:
At Together with Families, we believe relational health is physical health.
A child’s well-being depends on the strength and safety of their connections. Taking a public health lens, we focus on preventing harm before it happens, protecting the relationships that matter most to children. Our two- and three-generation approach supports the whole family, building stability now and helping create intergenerational change for the future.
Our Four Pillars
Emergency Support
Keeping children safely with families during a crisis
A temporary crisis of poverty should never separate a child from their family. Together with Families responds with rapid support to help parents and relative caregivers keep children safe at home by covering the basics, including food, clothing, and baby supplies, as well as other needs such as housing and transportation.
Families can also be paired with Peer Navigators, trained parents and relative caregivers who have graduated from our programs.
Community Healing
Helping caregivers feel supported, connected, and strong
Grow Together Events
All struggling families are welcome to our joy-filled community gatherings—family nights, celebrations, and shared meals—that build belonging and social support around children and youth.
One major event we hold every month is our Family Café, a place for families to share a meal, support each other, and build a shared community.
Youth Wellness & Education
Helping teens build strong futures
KinRise
KinRise is our youth-designed, peer-led program for high schoolers (ages 14-19) who are living in kinship care with relatives struggling with poverty.
KinRise prevents youth homelessness, school dropout, and deeper system involvement by surrounding teens with relationships, skills, and opportunity.
Developing Leaders
Turning lived experience into leadership
Grow Together Apprenticeship
A 9-month paid leadership pathway where parents, kinship caregivers, and youth who have completed our programs are trained to work with us in supporting other families.
Family Advocacy
We create opportunities for families to advocate locally and nationally to transform the child welfare system into a family care system.
